Home & Decor
With a focus on <a href="https://blog.xbydesign.biz/what-is-green-design/">Green Design</a>, I help my clients reuse and up-cycle what they love and recycle the rest. I love to share <a href="https://blog.xbydesign.biz/diy-console-table/">many of the projects</a> I take on for others & in my own home, as well as share resources for <a href="https://blog.xbydesign.biz/create-a-beautiful-sustainable-living-room/">sustainably sourced home decor</a>.
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Eco-Friendly Home Essentials
One of my goals for 2019 & beyond is to continue my sustainability journey by challenging myself to shop less. When I have to shop, I want to buy smarter & greener than I already have been. Some things are easy enough, I just need to do them more – like thrifting. I love thrift shopping, it’s really a goldmine. But I could definitely buy more secondhand items for our home, garden, & personal use like clothing. I also want to commit to buying more green products from companies that have a commitment to sustainability like The Grommet. Since I’m sharing this sustainability journey with you, I want to also…
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Get & Stay Organized For Good – In the Kitchen
Getting organized is something we’re all always talking about. Especially at the start of a new year, we set goals & resolutions to get organized 1 room at a time. It can be hard to get started & even harder to keep momentum but there’s only 1 thing you need to finally get & STAY organized. For good. I’ll let you in on a little secret… that 1 thing is not a checklist a collection of matching baskets & bins a label maker It’s actually something more like a plan. Specifically, the 1 thing you need to get & stay organized is a system. So how do you come up…
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DIY Faux Fur Trimmed Christmas Stockings
Every year I end up buying something new to decorate for Christmas. New things come to stores, new trends emerge & I love all things Christmas so I get pulled in just like everyone else. This year I decided it was time for me to put my money where my mouth is & live my sustainable life even through the holidays. I committed to using items I already had form previous years, fixing or re-purposing things, & updating others. Since I don’t really follow trends, it was much easier than I thought it would be. Turns out, there wasn’t much that needed changing except… our Christmas Stockings. We’ve have had…
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My Favorite Finds From The IKEA 2019 Catalog
Like a lot of home decor lovers, I have been pouring (& swooning) over the IKEA 2019 catalog. It’s a great one! There’s some new items, some that I already own & love, updates to items that have been around a long time, & new options for old favorites. I’ve made a trip to my Houston store since the new catalog came out, and everything I loved in catalog is just as good in person. Here’s a list of the best of the best. My favorite finds from the IKEA 2019 catalog… My all time favorite item ever… so far is this Stockholm Sofa. This sofa is SO good. It…
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DIY Custom Serving Tray
Hey y’all! I know I haven’t been posting much over the summer but… Today I’m excited because it’s been a while since I’ve been able to “build” something or use any power tools. This is the day that I get back to it! I love the smell of sawdust in the morning (or any other time of day). This one is a simple, long overdue project. It’s a custom serving tray. You might be wondering why I would build a serving tray when I could just buy 1 for any given budget. Couple of reasons: Speaking of budgets, I built this 1 for free*. Did I mention I love power tools? …
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I Tested 3 White Paint Colors & Here’s What I Found Out
Hi again design lovers! Today I’m talking paint. White paint. Let me say up front that I’m not evaluating my like or dislike of any 1 color over the other mentioned in this post & there are no affiliate links. Just my direct opinion & experience with each. Y’all know I love color. And if you’ve seen any of my posts here or on Instagram, you know that I hate flat paint & builder beige because… Flat paint just falls flat, literally. No depth, no light, no dimension. But more important, it can’t be cleaned unless you wanna see bare drywall. And dirty walls suck. Builder beige is NOT a…
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DIY Wine Bottle Tiki Torches
Hey there friend! I have a treat for you today. Anything that involves wine, recycling, & a DIY project is gonna be right up my alley. I’m sure you’ve seen these tiki torches done so many ways all across the web, but I’m going to show you the quickest, easiest, cheapest version of a DIY wine bottle tiki torch any wine lover could ever ask for. You can make these in just 5 easy steps – and in less than 5 minutes, not including the time needed for step 1. Step 1: Buy the wine, drink the wine & save the cork for another project on another day. Step 2…
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My Grandmother’s Mahogany Veneer Dresser Makeover
Several years ago my grandmother gave me her old high boy. She was running out of space but didn’t want to get rid of it & knew that I would keep it & take care of it. She’s had this with a full bedroom set for at least 50 years – AND she bought it 2nd hand back in the 1960’s! It’s a mahogany veneer dresser that needed a makeover to fit in with my style. I wanted to give a little face lift for a while, but didn’t want Grandmother upset with any changes I might make. Finally, when we moved into our current home & I gave our…
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Decked Out Apartment Living Room For A Swank Young Couple
Hey y’all! I’ve got another Room Remix to share & this time it’s part of the Spring Into Action Blog Hop! If this is your 1st time here, welcome in! If you’re visiting from Ola’s blog J’Adore Le Decor thanks so much for stopping by! When my baby sister got married almost 2 years ago, there were 2 things I couldn’t wait for… a niece & the chance to decorate their first place. I’m still waiting on my niece but I’ve finally gotten the chance to decorate their apartment! Technically it’s not their 1st place, but we’re calling it that since they didn’t stay in the other for very long. When they moved…
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Finding Inspiration For A Kid’s Media Room
When we moved into our current home 2 years ago, we had to set some priorities about which spaces needed to be setup first. Once everyone’s bedrooms were in place at least, we had some decisions to make. The open common areas needed to be done, but in what order? What’s more important, the media room or my office? The kids room or the formal dining room? The patio or the master suite? In the Fall of 2016, I participated in the One Room Challenge for the 1st time& thought I’d decided to work on our Kid’s Media Room. I had it all planned out & everything. And then we went…
